Accumulation began in 2011 with a collection of 250g bags of small timber off-cuts bought at Tokyu Hands in Tokyo, at a time when much of my work was concerned with skylines, cities and urban structures.

Rather than beginning with a predetermined form, the work develops through the repeated placement of individual units. Each element responds to those already present, gradually transforming a flat surface into a dense, irregular structure that can be read as architecture, landscape or accumulation.

The work is deliberately slow and has no fixed production schedule. I return to it intermittently, often at moments when making provides a way out of overthinking. Its repetitive construction requires time and attention; the process itself determines when the work is made and when it stops. In this sense, it is made on demand — but the demand is my own, rather than an external deadline.

In 2025, I sourced more of the same material from Japan, allowing the process to continue into new configurations and potentially larger spatial structures.

2011–ongoing
Timber off-cuts on board
9 × 30 × 42 cm